Date: 18th September 2025 (Thursday)
Venue: Budapest, Danubius Hotel Helia

Future Prospects of Railways in Hungary

• The role of railways in the national transport system – backbone or supplementary role?
• Central-European comparison: where do we stand compared to
  our neighbors?
• The future of financing: EU, state, market – whose responsibility is it to develope?

Infrastructure Development

• Construction and rehabilitation of infrastructure
• Capacity of the network, disruption sensitivity and diversion routes
• The future of branch lines: a functional or ideological debate?

Rolling Stock Fleet, Innovation and Procurement

• The situation of locomotives and multiple unit train purchases (state-market balance)
• Financing opportunities through the Energy Efficiency Obligation
  System
• Green vehicles: battery-powered, hybrid, hydrogen – fashion or a real alternative?
• Central-European interoperability challenges (ETCS, vehicle
  authorization)

Rail Freight Transport and Logistics

• Railway Freight Transport and Economic Performance Improvement Action Plan („VÁGTA” = Gallop)
• Intermodal transport: development of traffic, terminals and connection points
• CT4EU Program
• Cooperation between private and public actors – reality or illusion?
• Customs, border management, process organization – How can we speed things up? Competition of East-West axes: Hungary’s place on the New Silk Road.

Digitalization, Customer Experience, Sustainability

• Travel planning, ticket purchasing and information – How smart is the Hungarian railway?
• Passenger complaints, reliability, communication – What does the passenger expect?
• Energy community, ESG reporting obligations in railways
• How do we communicate the environmentally friendly nature of the railway?

• Managers and experts of railway undertakings

• Transport policy decision-makers and experts

• State and local government actors

• Companies engaged in infrastructure development

• Engineering and design offices

• Representatives of logistics and freight forwarder companies

• Suppliers, manufacturers, and technology partners

• Analysts dealing with transportation economics and sustainability

• Institutions involved in railway training and education

• Everyone who works on or is interested in shaping the future of railways

Acemil |  AKIEM Sas |  Alstom Transport Hungary | Ministry of Interior of Hungary | BME ITS | Budapest Transport Privately Held Corporation | CER Cargo Holding SE | CER Hungary | CRRC ZELC EUROPE | DB Cargo Hungária | Deutsche Leasing Hungaria | DKV Debrecen Transport | Dommosoft | Ekol Logistics | EP Cargo a.s. | Ministry for Construction and Transport of Hungary |  European DAC Delivery Programme |  Exim Cabel | Responsible Parents School | FŐMTERV |  Freistaat Thüringen Ministerium für Infrastruktur und Landwirtschaft | Ganz Motor | GanzPlan Hungária | Gleisbild – Railway Infrastructure Training | Gordiusz Alfa | Grafton Recruitment | Green Plus Fuel | GTKB |  GYSEV CARGO | Győr-Sopron-Ebenfurti Vasút / Raaberbahn | HE-MAT | HEXUM Tank Park | Hitachi Rail GTS Austria GmbH | Hitachi Rail GTS Hungary | Ministry of Defense of Hungary | Hungária Dangerous Goods Engineering Office | Illés Holding | INVENT Engineering Office | KAV Transportation Suitability and Examination Center |  Chinese-Hungarian Rail Joint Venture |  Knorr-Bremse Raiway Vehicules Systems Hungária | Knorr-Bremse Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung | Ministry of Regional Development | Institute for Transport Sciences | Transportation Science Association |  L.A.C. Holding | Hungarian Development Promotion Office | Hungarian Hydrogen Technology Association | Magyar Vagon | Hungarian Customs Association |  Hungarian Railway Private Wagon Association | MÁV Hungarian State Railways | MÁV-REC | MÁV Service Center Gábor Baross Formation Center |  MÁV-START | MÁV-Vagon | MÁV Rail Tours | Metal 99 | Metrans Group | MBH Bank | METRANS Container |  Association of Hungarian Logistics Service Centres (MLSZKSZ) | MMV Magyar Magánvasút |  MOL| Mozdony és Vasúti Járműjavító | Association of Hungarian Forwarders (MSZSZ) |  Műszer Automatika | NAST | National Tax and Customs Administration of Hungary |  Netvisor | Observans Training Services | OLTIS Slovakia s.r.o. |  ÖBB Infrastruktur AG | Pannon-Work | Pappas Auto Hungary | Partner Cable |  Petrolsped | University of Pécs | PMI Logistics Solutions | Prolan | Raaberlog | Rail Cargo Hungaria | Rail Cargo Logistics – Hungaria | Railpartner, s.r.o. | Rail Transport Hungary | Railcargo Terminal – BILK Zrt. |  RailCert Hungary |  RailNaviGo |  Ring Engineering Office | Siemens Mobility | Smart Railway Solution | Slovenske Zeleznice Tovorni Promet d.o.o Hungarian commercial representation | S-Rail HU | Stadler Trains Hungary |  Swietelsky Vasúttechnika| Szikametró89 |  Tóparti Lakópark | Train Hungary Magánvasút | Trenecon Consulting | TS Hungaria |  TS-MÁV Gépészet Services | UIRR |  VAMAV Vasúti Berendezések |  VAPE Vasúti Pályahasználók Egyesülete |  V-Híd | V-Híd Cargo | VLG | Voith Turbo | VTG Rail Logistics Hungaria | Vultron|  ZÁHONY-PORT |  ZESNAD